Terenci Moix

The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are essay. Distinctions recorded are Gold Letter, Serra d'Or Critics' Prize for Literature and Essays, Premio Planeta de Novela and José Manuel Lara Foundation Prize.

• Name — Terenci Moix • Birth Name — Ramon Moix i Meseguer • Born — 5 January 1942 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 2 April 2003 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — writer, novelist • Language — Spanish, Catalan • Awards — * Ramon Llull Novel Award (1986) • Fernando Lara Novel Award (1989) Terenci Moix (real name Ramon Moix i Meseguer; 5 January 1942 – 2 April 2003) was a Spanish writer, who wrote in the Spanish and in Catalan languages. He was the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix.

Moix was born and died in Barcelona. He was self-taught, and his first work, La torre de los vicios capitales (La torre dels vicis capitals in Catalan), was published in 1968. Many of his early works criticised the values of his time, especially the official morality of Francoism. In 1990, he wrote and published a children's book called, Los Grandes Mitos del Cine (English version as "The Greatest Stories of Hollywood Cinema"), which is illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Círculo de Lectores. This children's book includes fun facts, trivia, and information accompanied by photos and Willi Glasauer's illustrations of the classic Hollywood films and stars such as Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Cleopatra, and Tarzan the Ape Man. He wrote in several newspapers: Tele-Exprés, Tele-Estel, El Correo Catalán, Destino, Serra d'Or, and El País. He was openly homosexual, and participated in many TV gatherings.

Moix died of emphysema on 2 April 2003 in Barcelona.

• La torre de los vicios capitales • El dia que murio Marilyn • Olas sobre una roca desierta • Món mascle • La caiguda de L'imperi sodomita • La increada conciencia de la raza o melodrama • Sadistic, esperpentic i adhuc metafisic • Nuestro Virgen de los mártires • Amami, Alfredo! o polvo de estrellas • No digas que fue un sueño • Garras de astracan • Mujercisimas • La herida de la esfinge • El arpista ciego • El amargo don de la belleza (2011),

• Iniciació a una història del cine • Los cómics, arte para el consumo y formas pop • El sadismo de nuestra infancia • Terenci del Nilo • Crónicas italianas • Hollywood stories (2 vols.) • The Greatest Stories of Hollywood Cinema (Illustrated by Willi Glasauer), (Círculo de Lectores) • Tres viajes románticos